This is an analysis of Reluctant Summer by William Watson.

Reluctant Summer! once, a maid
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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abababab acacacac
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 01010101 110011 010011001 111101 010100011 1011001 11111101 011101 11101101 110101 11110101 101111 11111011 1100001 11010101 101101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

thou